A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.

Rachelle Aud Crowe's dismissal was made Monday under the Vacancies Reform Act, which allows removal of officials that are appointed by the White House.

President Trump announced Tuesday that he directed the Justice Department to dismiss all remaining U.S. attorneys from Biden era.

Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before,” the commander in chief wrote in a Truth Social post.

U.S. President Donald Trump has told the Justice Department to get rid of all remaining Biden-era U.S. attorneys.